Another collection of excellent games joins PlayStation Plus this May, and you’ve come to the right place for details!
Let’s begin with a fan-favorite game with a crazy colorful art style: Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition on PS4. Is that title a mouthful? Sure! A mouthful of delicious hand-to-hand combat! Bask in Guacamelee’s mix of platforming, puzzle solving, and exquisite video game humor.
Also up for grabs on PS4: Ether One. This new, first-person puzzle game tasks you with restoring the broken minds of the mentally ill through surreal puzzles. Can you unravel their tangled lives and also find answers to your own desperate questions?
Other games this month include the critically acclaimed indie project The Unfinished Swan, solar speed-demon Race the Sun, and the calmly explorative Hohokum, all of which are available on PS4, PS3, and PS Vita. As well as the oddly charming Murasaki Baby, available on PS Vita.
These games will be free for Plus members starting on May 5th. Would you like to know more? Hit the video below, and hear me rant about video games for a few minutes!
Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition (PS4)
Free for PS Plus members
This 2D brawler/platformer hybrid is inspired by Mexican folklore and has a vivid art style to match. Explore a huge world, learn the robust fighting system, and enjoy some drop-in, drop-out co-op.
Ether One (PS4)
Free for PS Plus members
This haunting, first-person puzzler tasks you with restoring the minds of the mentally ill by solving complex puzzles and sewing together the frayed strands of the patient’s lives. Be warned: not everything is as it seems.
The Unfinished Swan (PS4 | PS3 | PS Vita)
Free for PS Plus members
Developer Giant Sparrow made big waves with this project thanks to its astounding art style and thought-provoking gameplay. Will you help find a fitting end to this fairy tale? Experience a breath-taking story filled with delightful twists.
Race the Sun (PS4 | PS3 | PS Vita)
Free for PS Plus members
This minimalist racing game forces you to compete against the setting sun in what is both a deeply calming and nail-biting session. That may sound like a contradiction, but it’s true!
Hohokum (PS4 | PS3 | PS Vita)
Free for PS Plus members
A supremely relaxing game that’s bursting at the seams with personality. Explore a crazy, colorful world, meet new friends, and just let go as you listen to the incredible soundtrack by a collection of talented artists.
Murasaki Baby (PS Vita)
Free for PS Plus members
A strange puzzle game with an eerie atmosphere. Players guide Baby through a nightmarish landscape in search of home. It’s cute, and also a little weird.
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My subscription ends on May of next year. When I have the time and money I’m renewing it another year 2017…..^_^ Keep up Sony your the best!!
What a crap month for PS3. Not even an older AAA title? I don’t want to play any of these games. The only one that’s halfway decent isn’t even crossbuy (Guacamelee). I’ve really had it with artsy indies whose novelty wears thin in short order. If this is the best you guys can do, that’s pretty sad.
wtf is these line up they are crap what am i 2 yrs old give me a reason to buy ps plus
Thanks for the indie shovelware…
Hopefully something good next month.
May lineup is good I guess, but was hoping Guacamelee was for PS3 too and unfortunately, the Swan demo gave me really bad motion sickness.
Thanks for Guacamelee Sony but we still need more AAA for PS4 though…please?
Great month for me at least. Need to play Guacamelee I hear its awesome and co-op games are always welcome. Bet there will be a surprise on PS Plus in June for E3 looking forward to it!
Great line up of games for May 2015. Only game I bought in the past was The Unfinished Swan. Keep up with the great game’s.
Can’t wait for E3 2015.
#4ThePlayers
“Another collection of excellent games”
No…….
The last 2 months have been very disappointing, besides Killzone Mercenary. I am getting really tired of these crap indie games.
OMG THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU ALL THESE GAMES ARE AWESOMEEEEEEEE! HOHOKUM <3
Unfinished Swan and Race The Sun was amazing. Never got around to Guacamelee though.
If the games were yours to keep forever, I’d love plus. Heck. I’d even pay more. But I’m not interested in renting random indies. One more month for me.
For everyone asking for “perspective” or complaining about the complains : People this is a paid service not a gift, we have the right to complain.
So, you’d pay more to own games that you don’t want to play? Hmm…
All these ppl saying that these are good lineups. It’s either you’re paid by SONY to say that or you’re joking.
I would rather read a 101 page article on how Mildew Is Formed then to play any one of the free games this month for PS4! INCREDIBLE.
Some of these games are amazing. It’s unfortunate that people don’t give them a chance. What difference does it make how the games were developed? A game is a game no matter who made it and how much it cost.
Not going to renew my membership at the end of May. The ps+ that introduced on the ps3 is not the same quality or caliber for the ps4. Nothing but extremely bad games that no one wants to play.
No one likes indie games like these. They’re all trash and the line up just gets worse every month. If you’re going to give away trash indie games, the least you could do is allow me to pick from a bigger pile of trash.
To the devs making these terrible games. Find a new job. Developing games is clearly not your forte. I mean it. The reason its on ps+ is because the game cannot sell and that’s the quality of games that sony wants its gamers to play. Gutter trash.
Wow. Absolute WORST month of Plus yet. I won’t even bother with ANY of these. It’s almost like you’ve given us nothing at all. No, nothing would’ve been better than this.
Nice more Indy games for my Indy game machine. This is why you never pay cash for them.
I’m tired of getting stupid indie games! It is so stupid! Give us killzone shadowfall or something like that!
What a crappy lineup this month for me, Only one I kinda want to try is Hohokum. Can’t have a good month every time I guess. Honestly tho can we lay back on the Indie games? While some a nice this month is almost ALL Indie games.
This month doesn’t have me totally jazzed, but c’mon, in the long run, PS+ is a tremendous value. Plus it’s way better than GWG on XB1 lately.
I really truly am disappointed. I only would consider Guacamelee because it’s free. Aside from that, this whole month is a wash. I also happen to own a vita, ps3, and a ps4 and there’s absolutely nothing here. Only AAA title that has been given away for the PS4 was Injustice, and I owned it at that time (I sold it because it was free on psn). Bring out Knack, CoD Ghosts (Crossbuy), Need for Speed Rivals (Crossbuy), Trials Evolution… you know, actual full games that aren’t making Sony much money anymore. Lets be honest, there are games that have been released that people would want to try, and possibly like but don’t want to spend money on them. Me personally, I’d get Cod Ghosts if it was free… I sold it cuz I didn’t care for it much and I wanted AW, but if it was free, I’d totally get it again. Knack too. I don’t want to bash Sony, but they are really stingy with the real games.
What a bunch of JUNK for ps3. PS PLUS is getting worthless. Sick of people saying “why complain for free”. You kids don’t know the word “FREE” It’s pay to play games. If you really wanna know what FREE really means, try the XBOX GOLD subscription. All of the released XBOX 360 games are yours forever even if subscription ends.
XBOX GOLD assasins creed black flag alone will beat my 1 year PS plus subscription. It’s because the game will be yours forever even subscription ends.
Nothing against indies. I like them as well, but no AAA titles for any system?! We should receive at least one AAA title on the list every month. I do not care if it is an old game. Just saying…
The Indies Game Collection at it’s finest! What a horrible month Sony. No thank you.
Glad my subscription ends here in June. Not gonna renew. Rather spend 50$ for flash sale, which is now way better than PLUS.
Good month for me. Happy to see so many cross-buys. I have Unfinished Swan already and have been meaning to play it again on PS4.
Hohokum, Murasaki Baby, and Ether One will definitely get downloaded.
If I wanted “free” AAA games every month, I’d get a Gamefly sub. PS Plus offerings suit me fine as it gives me games I woudn’t have likely bought.
A whole bunch of games that are PS TV compatible and Guacamelee!? A fantastic month for my current gaming style of 30 minute bursts.
another terrible month :(
Alright! I’ve been waiting for an Unfinished Swan sale and getting it “free” with my ps plus membership! Even better! As usual very happy with the offerings as I own every system so I def get my monies worth. Thanks Sony!
Why can’t we get some sort of Triple A title game on the ps4 like we used to on the PS3? Ether one is only one that sounds appealing the rest are like meh. in order, they would have to be
1-Ether One
2-Guacamelee
3-Hohokum
4- Race the sun
5-Murasaki Baby (Just because it’s only on PS VITA, sounds like a cool game though.)
The only persons opinion that matters is my own and I’m happy. That’s all I need to know. I still got ps plus games from last year I haven’t gotten to yet but then again, I have a life outside of video games so…
Absolutely trash month. What a disappointment
Seriously thinking of getting rid of PSPlus when mine expires in Sept. The last few months have been horrible for PS4, we used to get such great games on PS3.
I love all the Indie games! This month I want to try Hohokum. I think it’s great that I know there will be Indie games on PSPlus so I can just patiently wait for them and not have to buy them ‘twice’, unless I really want one of them… Like Axiom Verge, totally worth it!
“Wow, the worst PS+ “free” games month since I became a subscriber several years ago”
“Indies up the wazoo. WHERE are the retail AAA games we USED to get on Plus?!?!? That’s what we want!!”
“BOOOOORING. Remember when PS+ actually had games people might want to play? That was nice.”
Well said.
I dont mind indie games, but at least 1 AAA title would have been nice, even if only on PS3. Ever since PS4 launched, PS + has been in a decline in terms of game quality and product offering. I really miss the old Plus.
I’m going to try and stay positive here. Maybe this month has nothing to write home about because June will give us a nice line up. Seems like I remember June always having some top tier games so they can advertise PS+ at E3. I guess only time will tell but I don’t imagine I’ll be spending too much time playing any of these titles. Especially the Vita games.
I agree with DJ_Tomato. There is way to many indy games anymore. I remember when I joined plus years back that you would get 1 AAA game and 1 indy game. Another month of my plus being wasted (for free monthly games that is)
I rate this lineup 4.5 out of 10 Papayas.
Nothing for me this month. I already have most of them or would not play.
What about full games? Where is the racing game (can’t remember the name) you promised us?
On PS4, I would like games like Thief or similar games (fairly old and won’t sell much more from now on, but are nice to play anyway). Please, give us something.
PS: That “racing” game for PS3 looks like free mobile games…
This might be the best month ever! Can’t wait to try Ether One. Thanks Sony!
Oh well, I only just now got around to Deadly Premonition which I got back in December from +. Can’t really complain, have dozens of unplayed games to work through as it is.
I would rather have a 30% discount on anything in the store once a month than get this stuff free.
Make it happen Sony!
Love you.
@45 I bought the limited edition vinyl of Hohokum for like ten bucks what a steal and such a serene and beautiful eexperience. Is race the sun on vita as well? Great month I’m very excited for Murasaki Baby on Vita!
im no good at puzzles, but other than that id have liked that game… unfortunately i have unfinished swan, didnt play much… is any of the ps3 stuf AAA? AA?? Aa……:/ just got my elgado and laptop and nothing… the brawler maybe…
thanks sony a rare fail on ps3 for me, hope june rules for ps3&4
I’ll never understand why some people are not satisfied with receiving five free PS4 games, three free PS3 games, and four free PS Vita games. This is a great monthly lineup to me. The only problem I have is that this monthly lineup puts me 12 more games behind in my backlog. (¬‿¬)
Five PS4 games this month, nice. Does anyone know if guacamelee is cross save? I started it on the PS3 but never finished it.